I am a very light sleeper. The smallest noise, inside or out usually wakes me up and when I am up I don’t fall back to sleep right away. Mostly I just lie there. I’m not complaining. I’ve gotten used to this. My neighbor leaves for work around three thirty and his car wakes me up.

I’m lying there this morning and I start thinking about things I want to do in my life which inevitably leads me to think about everything I’ve messed up in my life. It’s sort of like you can’t have one without the other. I beat myself up for a few minutes and now I’m even more wide awake. This leads me to asking God why it is that I cannot seem to get a streak of more than one thing going as it relates to getting it right. Ya know, like, why is it so hard for me to be “perfect,” LOL.

God’s response to my heart:

“I know everything you’ve ever done and as a matter of fact I know everything you are ever going to do and when all is said and done it doesn’t change the way I feel about you. It just changes the way YOU feel about you.”

I hate it when He’s right.

“I haven’t always eaten right or exercised ax much as I should. Gee, it’s not picture perfect. Maybe I should just give up. I’m just me, I’m not like……..”

“I was meant to be fat. I’m not one of those people who can just go out and create some sort of plan. I have issues.”
“My life’s too busy, too complicated and I have a lot of drama. Too much stress. It’s not a good time for me.”

I know none of you use those excuses.

God asked me to tell you that it doesn’t matter how many times you fail or give up or get plain old frustrated. He wants us to know that as long as we keep coming back and keep trying that He is right there.

Then I fell back to sleep
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Usually I would add my own thoughts here, but, uhm, considering this message was pretty strong and Who it came from, I’m going to leave it at that. He doesn't need my help. LOL

Have a blessed Friday and oh yeah, I love you too!!!